Well to be fair, it's not that they can't, it's that society is telling them there will be repercussions if they're caught. You can still technically do whatever you want.

Laws are threats made by the dominant socioeconomic-ethnic group in a given nation. It’s just the promise of violence that’s enacted and the police are basically an occupying army.

I've seen confusion about this before with people that I know.

You tell them it's against the law to drink, and they'll point out that it's restrictive and controlling. You tell them it's against the law to commit tax fraud, and they'll have no objection.

Why? I think, at least with the people that I know, it's related to what they want to be able to do. They want to be able to drink alcohol, so it feels controlling to tell them they can't. They aren't interested in committing tax fraud, so they're not bothered by that being restricted.

If you check it the other way around, you'll get consistency. Almost everyone that is against taxation is also against restrictions on consuming drink.

If you ask an addict then yeah you'll get some gibberish that enables them whether it fits into a logical paradigm or not.

I think it's also because a lot of people act like laws are passed down by god, immutable.

Reminder that slavery was legal.

you can but they can't. just plain hypocrisy.

I don't think this law is getting voted into existence by smokers, though.

The distinction here is, this law is a do as I say not as I do. Different laws for different dob ( dob not age )